diff --git a/system/core/Log.php b/system/core/Log.php
index 9dabfe6..cd3c17e 100644
--- a/system/core/Log.php
+++ b/system/core/Log.php
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@
 
 		$this->_log_path = ($config['log_path'] !== '') ? $config['log_path'] : APPPATH.'logs/';
 
+		file_exists($this->_log_path) OR mkdir($this->_log_path, DIR_WRITE_MODE, TRUE);
+
 		if ( ! is_dir($this->_log_path) OR ! is_really_writable($this->_log_path))
 		{
 			$this->_enabled = FALSE;
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 9899999..f6dad07 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@
 	 -  Changed method ``load()`` to filter the language name with ``ctype_digit()``.
 	 -  Added an optional second parameter to method ``line()`` to disable error login for line keys that were not found.
 	 -  Language files are now loaded in a cascading style with the one in **system/** always loaded and overriden afterwards, if another one is found.
+   -  Log Library will now try to create the **log_path** directory if it doesn't exist.
 
 Bug fixes for 3.0
 ------------------